Doraemon in India

Doraemon is an anime series, originally a manga authored by Fujiko F. Fujio in 1969 in Japan. The Doraemon franchise came to India on February 13, 2005 when the anime aired for the first time on Hungama TV. It has won the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards India two times in a row for Best Show For Kids (2013 and 2015) and was nominated in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 edition for the same category. It is the most successful Japanese anime in India. It is the highest rated kids' show with more than 100 million+ viewers.[1] The anime series is currently being aired on Disney Channel and streams on Disney+ Hotstar.

History

Anime (1979 series and 2005 series)

The anime has been airing on Hungama TV since 13 February 2005 which was the introduction of the Doraemon franchise in India.[2] Since 19 November 2010, Hungama TV's sister channel, Disney Channel India, has been rerunning the old dubbed Doraemon episodes which have already been broadcast by Hungama TV. Disney India dubbed episodes starting with the Doraemon (1979 anime) series. Later episodes of the Doraemon (2005 anime) series started airing on Hungama TV and Disney Channel India, starting in October and November 2013 as New Doraemon. Several episodes of the 1979 anime version were represented again under the title Classic Doraemon on Disney Channel in January 2017. Since 1 January 2018, Hungama TV has stopped airing Doraemon episodes and is now exclusively aired on Disney Channel. However, Hungama TV has been airing the 2019 Indian dubbed releases of Doraemon movies right after its premiere on Disney Channel.

In November 2016 Amazon Prime India signed a deal with TV Asahi to stream various anime series including Doraemon exclusively in India.[3] In 2020 Doraemon also started streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.[4]

Movies

Since 2010, there have been a total of twenty-eight Doraemon movies that have been released in India; two of which received theatrical releases, while the remaining were TV Premieres on either Disney Channel India or Hungama TV. The first film to get a theatrical release was Nobita And The Steel Troops-The New Age which was a massive hit in Indian theaters.[5] The second film was Nobita Aur Jadooi Tapu. The list of Doraemon movies that have been released in India are as follows in the table below.

The films are distributed in India by Disney UTV.

# Title in India Title in Japan Release Dates
Theatre Release TV Release
1 Doraemon In Nobita's Little Space War Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars 5 December 2010[6]
2 Doraemon In Nobita's Great Adventure In The South Seas Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas 5 June 2011[7]
3 Doraemon In Nobita And The Steel Troops-The New Age Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops—Winged Angels 6 October 2011 6 May 2012
4 Doraemon The Movie Nobita's Dinosaur Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 27 November 2011[8]
5 Doraemon The Movie Nobita's Dorabian Nights Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights 1 December 2012
6 Doraemon The Movie Nobita's Three Magical Swordsmen Doraemon: Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen 23 March 2013
7 Doraemon The Movie Nobita Aur Jadooi Tapu Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles—Animal Adventure 24 May 2013[9] 29 June 2013
8 Doraemon The Movie Nobita Aur Khel Khilona Bhool Bhullaiya Doraemon: Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth 14 September 2013
9 Doraemon The Movie Nobita In Jannat No.1 Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds 25 January 2014
10 Doraemon The Movie Yeh Bhi Tha Nobita Woh Bhi Tha Nobita-King Of The Sun Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King 28 June 2014
11 Doraemon The Movie Jadoo Mantar Aur Jahnoom Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure into the Underworld 9 August 2014
12 Doraemon The Movie Nobita The Explorer Bow! Bow! Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon—Peko and the Exploration Party of Five 13 December 2014
13 Doraemon The Movie Adventures Of Koya Koya Planet Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Spaceblazer 5 September 2015
14 Doraemon The Movie Galaxy Super Express Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express 30 January 2016
15 Doraemon The Movie Toofani Adventure Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters 6 February 2016
16 Doraemon The Movie Gadget Museum Ka Rahasya Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum 26 March 2016
17 The Doraemon Movie Stand by Me Stand by Me Doraemon 19 June 2016
18 Doraemon The Movie Nobita Bana Superhero Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West 14 August 2016
19 Doraemon The Movie Nobita in Ichi Mera Dost Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey 13 November 2016
20 Doraemon The Movie Nobita Ki Nayi Duniya Doraemon: Nobita's Diary on the Creation of the World 27 November 2016
21 Doraemon The Movie Nobita In Hara Hara Planet Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend 19 February 2017
22 Doraemon The Movie Nobita Aur Ek Jalpari Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King 4 June 2017
23 Doraemon The Movie: Jungle Mein Dangal Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet 17 June 2018
24 Doraemon Movie: Nobita Ki Universe Yatra Doraemon: Nobita Drifts in the Universe 19 October 2018
25 Doraemon The Movie: Nobita Aur Antariksh Daku Doraemon: Nobita's Space Heroes 9 November 2018
26 Doraemon The Movie: Nobita And The Kingdom of Robot Singham Doraemon: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom 1 September 2019
27 Doraemon The Movie Nobita Aur Birdopia Ka Sultan Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves 8 September 2019
28 Doraemon The Movie Nobita in Gol Gol Golmaal Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City 25 July 2020

See also

References
  1. "Doraemon: An Excellent Partner". PressReader. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  2. "Doraemon celebrates first birthday on Hungama TV on 3 September". Indian Television Dot Com. 3 September 2005.
  3. "Amazon Prime to show Asahi's anime content". Indian Television Dot Com. November 25, 2016.
  4. "Chacha Chaudhary streaming now on Disney+ Hotstar VIP - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media.
  5. "Hungama TV's Doraemon movie received highest TV ratings among Kids genre". FridayMovies. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  6. "Hungama TV to premiere first Doraemon movie". Indian Television Dot Com. December 4, 2010.
  7. "Disney Channel to Bring an Adventurous, Fun-filled Weekend with the Premiere of Doraemon in Nobita?s South Seas Adventure". Indian Television Dot Com. June 2, 2011.
  8. "Disney channel's Doraemon movie delivers best ratings ever witnessed in kids' genre". Indian Television Dot Com. December 8, 2011.
  9. "Doraemon The Movie | Nobita Aur Jadooi Tapu | Official Trailer" – via www.youtube.com.
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